Couple rat on each other after fight over crack, police say

MIDDLETOWN >> A city couple is facing misdemeanor charges after each accused the other of smoking crack and becoming violent.

Patricia DiReinzo, 46, and Gilbert Goslin, 53, both of Washington Street, are each facing a single count of disorderly conduct after Goslin called police just before 9:30 a.m. Friday to report a dispute between the two of them.

Both Goslin and DiReinzo told officers that they were dating and that Goslin had moved in with DiReinzo some time ago, police said, but that was where their stories diverged.

Goslin told police that, at some point between 2:30 and 3 a.m. Friday, he had gotten up to go the bathroom and “saw Ms. DiReinzo smoking crack in the living room. After informing her that he was going to report this to the visiting nurse, they began to argue,” police said. Goslin told police that, after they argued, DiReinzo “punched him in the face twice.”

DiReinzo told police that Goslin “was smoking crack cocaine in the bathroom and she told him to stop,” so Goslin “pushed her to the floor, tearing her nightgown. He then slapped her face,” police said.

Police released the couple on promises to appear with court dates on Sept. 29.